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Helpful links to help assist with the response paper.

This handout covers the most effective ways of quoting source material. Remember that whether you quote from a primary source (the literary work) or a secondary source (a critical essay), you should use the MLA method of in-text citation, which follows the author-page format. Thus, the author's name may appear either in the sentence itself or in the parenthesis following the quotation, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. Examples: Freud states that "a dream is the fulfillment of a wish" (154). Some argue that "a dream is the fulfillment of a wish" (Freud 154). If the only text you're citing is the primary source, once you've introduced the author, do not reference him/her again in the parenthetical citation; include only the page number.  

http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/quotes.htm

 

This student response to an excerpt from "The Things They Carried" shows the importance of the reader's questions and observations to a literary text's meaning. 

http://pirate.shu.edu/~jonesedm/ReadingResponseExample.htm

This document will help you determine the purpose and structure of developing a reader-response.

Please note that the female reader's perspective on “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” featured in this document is an example of cultural analysis, so keep it in mind as you research your topic for the 3rd Complete assignment. 

https://lumen.instructure.com/courses/56913/pages/writing-for-success-reader-response

 

APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. For more information, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, (6th ed., 2nd printing).

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/